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CCCA_V3No1_EDMessage-FIN.qxd:CCCA_V1No2_EDMessage-V1.qxd 1/21/09 2:30 PM Page 8 From The Executive Director Rendez-vous See you in Mot de la directrice exécutive Montreal! à Montréal! L’avant-première de la Here’s a preview of the CCCA’s Conférence nationale de 2009 Spring Conference. printemps de l’ACCJE. By Silvie Kuppek Par Silvie Kuppek CCA is pleased to present our 2009 Spring Conference,“Corporate Counsel: ’ACCJE vous présente la Con- CRegulatory Advisor, Compliance Officer, Governance Gatekeeper.” férence nationale de printemps This year’s conference takes place in Montreal at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on L 2009 intitulée « Conseillers April 5-7, 2009. We are also delighted to announce our conference co-chairs: juridiques d’entreprises : conseiller en Gwen Klees, who is the vice-president, legal affairs and corporate secretary of matière de réglementation, agent de GLV Inc., and Bernard Bussières, who is the vice-president, general counsel and conformité et gardien de la gouvern- corporate secretary at Transat A.T. inc. ance », qui aura lieu du 5 au 7 avril à l’hôtel Hyatt Regency. Here are some compelling reasons to attend: • Topics you asked for,including:mergers & acquisitions,regulatory investigations À ne pas manquer : and compliance, corporate governance, IP portfolio management, and more. • ses sujets sur les fusions & acquisitions, • The opening plenary session:“The role of the chief legal officer on the execu- les enquêtes relatives à la conformité tive management team.” réglementaire, la gouvernance d’entre- • CCCA SpringTraining Camp:Restricted to in-house counsel,our full-day pre- prise, la gestion de la propriété intel- conference workshop is for members new to in-house practice or who are new lectuelle, etc. legal department managers, as well as for those experienced counsel who desire • La plénière d’ouverture sur le rôle du a refresher course. Our Spring Training Camp in Montreal will be presented in chef du contentieux dans un comité English and French, with simultaneous interpretation. de gestion. • Contacts you need: meet your peers from home and abroad and connect with • Le camp de formation en français et experts from our impressive faculty of speakers. en anglais réservé aux conseillers • Opening cocktail & R.V.A.Jones Award reception:join us on Sunday,April 5 for juridiques d’entreprise. the Opening Night Reception and Robert V.A. Jones Award presentation.The • Des contacts avec des confrères d’ici reception is the perfect start to the conference and a great way to meet and net- et d’ailleurs. work with your peers and colleagues. • Le cocktail d’ouverture et la remise • Chief legal officers roundtables: Peer-to-peer sessions designed to serve the du Prix RobertV.A. Jones. unique practice and management needs of general counsel, chief legal officers, • La table ronde entre les chefs de sur OLOs (only legal officers) and directors of legal departments.This year’s topics are: le rôle de l’avocat-conseil d’entre- “Observer, Coach or Referee: The Role of the Corporate Counsel and the prise et la gestion des relations en Compliance Function,” and “Managing Regulatory Relationships.” matière réglementaire. CCCA’s Board of Directors and staff would like to acknowledge the contribution L’ACCJE remercie les personnes qui of our co-chairs, whose leadership and enthusiasm has helped shape this program. I ont participé à l’élaboration de ce pro- would also like to express my thanks and appreciation to all those individuals,and in gramme, soient les coprésidents, les particular, to our conference sponsors, speakers and volunteers without whom commanditaires, les conférenciers et les CCCA would not be able to provide its members with such a high-calibre event. bénévoles. Send your comments to skuppek@ccca-cba.org. Commentaires? skuppek@ccca-cba.org. 8 CCCA Canadian Corporate Counsel Association SPRING 2009